10.10.16

Francis Odesanya, the Rivers State
commissioner of police, is under fire for his alleged role in the
unsuccessful arrest of a judge of the Federal High Court in Port
Harcourt, in the early hours of Saturday, October 8, 2016.

The Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike
interrupted the planned abduction of a federal high court judge in Port
Harcourt at midnight on Saturday.

A highly-placed source speaking with Punchon
condition of anonymity, on Sunday, October 9, 2016 said that
preliminary report had shown that Odesanya prevented the security
agencies from carrying out a legitimate order.

There are speculations that the
Muhammadu Buhari government is planning to sanction Odesanya through the
Police Service Commission.

Rivers State Police Commissioner, Mr Francis Odesanya (,in red) in front
of number 35 Forces Avenue after a failed attempt by the police to
abduct a Federal High Court judge by 1am on saturday 8th October, 2016.

“The Rivers Commissioner of Police will
be dealt with appropriately. It has been established that the DSS
officials who were at the judge’s residence had with them duly signed
search and arrest warrants,” the unnamed source told the newspaper.

“By stopping the security agents from
doing their work, what he did was to obstruct justice. He stopped those
people from carrying out a legitimate order.

“He will be sanctioned accordingly.” He, however, did not disclose the kind of punishment to be meted out to him.

Nnamdi Omoni, the spokesperson for the
Rivers State Police Command, told journalists that policemen were only
at the judge’s residence to ensure there was no breakdown of law and
order.